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1-20-21, 2:24pm
Of course IL’s photos are sideways.
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1-20-21, 10:19am
Really? Here in IL, my state unemployment was $384/week. I was very fortunate to get the $600/week.
If all you’re getting is $384/week, do you...
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1-20-21, 10:15am
All I can said is...evangelicals. They get some really weird ideas about stuff. Big cults of personality.
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1-19-21, 9:52pm
My non-RealID DL expires in March. I was happy to get a letter telling me I was eligible to renew online a couple of weeks ago, and so I renewed...
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1-19-21, 3:00pm
For those that are mailing packages, are you aware that you can arrange for pickup of the packages from your door? Free if it’s the same time as your...
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1-19-21, 10:35am
Making much more use of ebooks from the library.
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1-19-21, 10:08am
As far as I can tell, corrections officers and those such as sheriff’s deputies who serve as CO in country jails have NOT been vaccinated yet, per...
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1-18-21, 5:28pm
I don’t know if the prison staff have already be vaccinated. Was planning on researching that tonight.
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1-18-21, 3:36pm
The IL gov has said that prisoners, regardless of age or health conditions, are going to be prioritized in the next round of vaccinations. People on...
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1-17-21, 3:09pm
Rosa sorry you had so much trouble but the way you wrote it was pretty amusing.
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1-17-21, 2:22pm
That Biden travel ban removal has to do with Trump bans on travel from Muslim countries.
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1-17-21, 1:52pm
I find it interesting that it was two left leaning members who left.
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1-17-21, 12:47pm
Anyone who is smart about it, will have the taxes taken out from each unemployment check. That’s what I did.
Ugh. Just read it was for the extra...
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1-15-21, 6:05pm
The UK strain has just been detected in IL for the first time. Someone in the Chicago area who traveled to the UK.
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1-14-21, 11:09pm
I hate the taste of my tap water. What I do is put it in a glass jug in the fridge and let it get really cold. That totally improves the taste. I...
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1-14-21, 1:48pm
I like Miss Read’s Fairacre series so much better. Have all of them in paperback. There’s about 20 of those.
I’ll have to check out Barbara Pym....
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1-14-21, 12:49pm
Got the NYT digital subscription yesterday and read through the app. Forgot how much I liked it. Worth the $8/month.
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1-14-21, 12:42pm
Reading the Thrush Green series by Miss Read. Set in a small English village after World War II. Very cozy. Comfort reads. The Hoopla app through my...
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1-14-21, 11:34am
My favorite Chinese brand name is Apeman. It’s the brand for cheap, but adequate GoPro knockoff cameras. I got one for $70 off Amazon a few years ago...
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1-14-21, 11:27am
Just a thought.
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1-14-21, 10:36am
Iris, you might be better off with a thermal urn/pitcher that would keep your water hot. I looked at the kettles on Amazon and I only found one that...
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1-13-21, 8:43pm
This is pretty much me. Higher utility bills, but not by much. This winter has been pretty mild so far so I've been keeping the heat pretty low. I'm...
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1-13-21, 8:31pm
When the vent hood over the stove broke in my apartment, I asked the landlord if he would replace it with a vent/microwave combo. He did. I love it....
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1-13-21, 5:46pm
I may have to get a NYT digital subscription again. Thanks.
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1-13-21, 12:57pm
I will say the NYT has the best newspaper app I’ve come across. The Trib’s has always been horrid.
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1-13-21, 10:31am
IL, I’ve been selling some scuba gear online and the boxes from incoming orders have been recycled for the stuff I’ve sold.
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1-13-21, 10:29am
I have a journalism degree and was a reporter for 18 months in the early 90s.
I used to love the Chicago Tribune. They’ve gone through a number...
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1-11-21, 9:28pm
I love percale so will have to check those out for summer.
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1-11-21, 1:15pm
I’ll be doing an ice diving class this winter.
A few years ago there were a bunch of ice fishers that got caught on a big piece of ice that broke...
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1-10-21, 10:55pm
Swore I was going to stop with the politics stuff, but this was too danged interesting to not post.
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1-10-21, 10:13pm
Happy, losing weight is a good thing!
I forgot to ask. Is the OT all one day or spread out over a week?
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1-10-21, 9:37pm
I’ve not been to the gym since October due to covid. I’ve not been very satisfied with YouTube videos.
I looked at under desk cycles a few weeks...
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1-10-21, 7:33pm
Happy, sorry to hear about the OT. Other than that, how is the job going?
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1-10-21, 7:27pm
So sorry to hear that!
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1-10-21, 9:23am
Just post whatever you like.
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1-9-21, 7:27pm
My priority is my diving. Not politics. I double majored in political science and journalism in college. But it’s just gotten to be too much.
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1-9-21, 6:38pm
12 full kitchen garbage bags (13 gallon) gone. Clothes, non-sensitive papers, a few books, just a whole bunch of crap. Glad to have it gone. I’m beat.
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1-9-21, 1:23pm
I had some vintage 100% cotton sheets I’d been given a while back that finally wore out. I find jersey sheets, a t-shirt like material to be good. I...
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1-9-21, 1:03pm
Will your BF even go for a walk in your neighborhood or a local park?
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1-9-21, 9:00am
APM, I had no idea so much in CA was still open. Got the opposite impression from the news.
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1-8-21, 11:12pm
Sold $620 worth of scuba gear today.
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1-8-21, 11:11pm
Wow. That’s great.
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1-8-21, 10:58pm
I’m spending a lot more time on a diving forum and diving groups on FB. No politics.
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1-8-21, 7:30pm
Terry, glad to hear it got taken care of so quickly.
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1-8-21, 12:02pm
Sorry to see you go, Tammy.
I’ve decided I’m staying out of the political stuff. It’s just too much. I’m staying out of it everywhere, not just...
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1-8-21, 11:40am
A friend is living in Mexico temporarily. She got her cave diving training down there. She’s in Tulum, on the Yucatán peninsula. Even got her temp...
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1-8-21, 11:23am
Partially went through the bathroom before starting work this morning.
No diving this weekend so I’m planning on a massive declutter. Actually...
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1-7-21, 11:19pm
I’m definitely planning on getting it when I’m eligible.
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1-7-21, 10:14pm
Pitched a pair of pants I don’t like and don’t fit well anymore.
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1-6-21, 9:35pm
I’m in an affluent Chicago suburb. Nothing going on here.
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1-6-21, 7:33pm
I’m in favor of the 25th amendment option.
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1-6-21, 4:41pm
I’d say you maybe want a CPA. Just a guess though.
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1-3-21, 4:42pm
Good news!
Signed onto work computer to do some work and found a message from boss. Said my error rate for last week was a VAST improvement and...
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1-3-21, 12:31am
I already am on my own. What’s important to me is a ground floor unit with no steps, due to my knees. I will never live in a upper floor unit again.
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1-2-21, 12:00pm
You simply add more hot water as needed. It helps that the drain plug is a bit leaky. So as the water has cooled, it’s drained out a bit and I just...
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1-1-21, 8:22pm
I love hot baths, especially in the winter. LONG hot ones. As in, several hours long. Book/Kindle, phone, something to drink, and often a snack. I...
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1-1-21, 11:21am
$600 stimulus in my bank account today. Went into savings.
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12-30-20, 10:24pm
jp, thanks for the link.
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